Final SB Louisiana 2, St Mary's 5

[lcitsh]

Let me give you something to think about. It's not to be taken as an excuse, explanation or alibi.

Cajun's starting lineups for today:
1. Dayzja Williams - Junior, starter since second half of last season
2. Kennedy Marceaux - Sophomore, part time starter at Alabama last year
3. Madyson Manning - Junior, played 8 games at LSU last year
4. Brooke Otto - Junior, did not play last year due to injury
5. Cecilia Vasquez/Haley Hart - Senior, full time starter/Freshman
6. Haley Hart/Cecilia Vasquez - Freshman/Senior, full time starter
7. Emily Smith - Sophomore, full time starter last year
8. Mia Norwood - Sophomore, first time starter
9. Mia Liscano - Junior, full time starter last year

My assessment:
There is talent on this team and they have apparently worked hard to improve themselves since last season. There are 4 players in this lineup that were Cajun starters last year. There is no substitute for experience and I fully expect that they will continue to improve as the season progresses. How that will manifest itself (enough non-conference wins to justify an at large bid, conference wins to place them at the top of the conference, etc.), I have no idea, but at this point in time, I do believe they are good enough to be an NCAA tournament team.

[WestUCajun]

There are zero corners to turn this season after losing to Prairie View A&M.

Prairie View A&M beat UH 7-5 yesterday. They may not be that bad of a team.

[Turbine]

Prairie View A&M beat UH 7-5 yesterday. They may not be that bad of a team.

That's encouraging

[Louisiana84]

Coach Habetz is still establishing expectations. We are going to be fine.

[UL_Cajuns]

Beat A&M again today so we can forget about this bad loss!

[VObserver]

Beat A&M again today so we can forget about this bad loss!

St. Mary's is a top 100 team. While no loss is good, this is very far from being a bad loss.

[SlickRick]

St. Mary's is a top 100 team. While no loss is good, this is very far from being a bad loss.

I agree...I did a little research on them prior to our first game with them and it was obvious to me they would pose problems if we didn't play well. Their pitcher yesterday had our number.

[Cajuns98]

I agree...I did a little research on them prior to our first game with them and it was obvious to me they would pose problems if we didn't play well. Their pitcher yesterday had our number.

I’d say she’s one of the three best arms we’ve seen this year. Sounded like she had really good movement and velocity was upper 60s and touching 70 at times.

[RoarMan]

Coach Habetz is still establishing expectations. We are going to be fine.

Don't you think it's a little late for that? The season is already more than a third over.

[CajunVic]

Don't you think it's a little late for that? The season is already more than a third over.

no